New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1962. Hardcover. Octavo size, 252 pp., inscribed by Daisy Bates. Daisy Lee Gatson Bates (1914-1999) was a pioneering civil rights activist, as well as a newspaper founder and publisher. Despite the tragic loss of her mother, abandonment by her father, impoverished childhood, and poor... More

Providence, RI: Angell & Co., Printers, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 230 pp. William J. Brown (1814-1855) was a free African American born in Providence in 1814, the son and grandson of slaves owned by abolitionist Moses Brown. William Brown wrote and published his captivating autobiography as a means... More

New York: Carleton Press, A Reflection Book, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. 33 p. 'Deep South Showman' is the life-story of Eddie Wilson, an Alabama-born African-American who became known as "The Moving Picture Man" in the rural South during the Twenties and Thirties (from... More

San Francisco: Arion Press, 2000. Puryear, Martin. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 78 of 400 copies, oblong folio size, [144] pp., signed by Martin Puryear, with the prospectus, invoice, and an invitation from the Grabhorn Institute. "'Cane' is regarded as the highest literary achievement of the Harlem Renaissance and a masterpiece... More

Nashville, Tenn. Work Bros. & Hart Co. (1907), 1907. Soft cover. Octavo size, 128 pp. Very early printings (same year as the first edition) of excerpts from Frederick Jerome Work's 1907 work, "Folk Songs of the American Negro". These two soft-bound volumes were published by Work Bros. & Hart Co.... More